Boot or shoe



1:'. PACKARD. BOOFL1 OR SHOE.

(No Model.)

Patented Apr. n22, 1884.

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nire 'rares FRED PACKARD, OF BROCKTOX, MASSACHUSETTS.

- BOOT OR SHOE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 297,156, dated April22, 1884-.

Applicationflod February 18, 1584.

, To @ZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRED PACKARD, of Brockton, county of Plymouth, Stateof Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in` Boots or Shoes, ofwhich the following description, in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, is a speciiieation, like letters on the drawings representinglike parts.

This invention has for its obj ect to strengthen the edge of abutton-hole piece of a button boot or shoe, and prevent the button-holeslits from being torn out or through the outer edge of the button-holepiece, and at the same time provide the same with a better-appearingedge.

In accordance with my invention I place within the turned-over or foldedouter edge of the button-hole piece a piece of strong cord or otherflexible stay-strip, and secure the same therein by a line of stitches,the said stitches being made between the said cord or stay-piece and thelarge ends of the said button-holes.V I have also provided theturnedover edge of the upper edge ofthe top part or quarter of the shoewith a strong cord or stay-piece, to obviate the employment of piping asnow commonly used.

' Figure l, in side elevation, represents a button-gaiter embodying myinvention, a portion of the button-hole piece and of the vamp beingbroken out to clearly illustrate the cord or stay-piece. Fig. 2 is anenlarged inner side view of the button-hole piece, with most of itslining omitted. Fig. 3 is a partial section of Fig. 2 in the dotted linem, and Fig. 4l is a partial section on the dotted line :r2 mi.

The vamp ct and sole b may be of any usual shape or material.

The top part, c, of the shoe, of usual mate rial and shape, has anattached button-hole piece, d, usually cut from leather and providedwith button-holes o.

Referring to Fig. 2, it will be seen that the outer edge of thebutton-hole piece d is turned over or folded upon itself, as at cl2, andin the said fold I have laid a strong cord or staypiece, f, which inpractice I prefer to make of linen or iiax, but it may be of any otherstrong material, or of wire.

To enable the edge of the button-hole piece to be folded over the saidcord and be laid smoothly, I prefer to rst cut or snip the edge (Nomodel.)

of the button-hole piece for a short distance, as best shown in Fig. 2.The end 3 ofthe cord (see Fig. 2) may, and will preferably, in thecompleted shoe, be extended about the entire top of the shoe withintbeturned-over upper end of the same, as in Fig. 1, where the top partis shown as broken ont. The end 4 of the said cord or stay-piece will beextended down between the vamp and its lining a2, (see Fig. 1,) wherethe vamp is broken out, and it will rest there while the usual seams g,uniting the vamp with the lower end of the button-hole piece and toppart, are being made, the said seams crossing over the said cord orstay-piece. rIhe lining h of the button-hole piece is stitched to itbetween the folded corded edge of the button-hole piece and the outerends of the button-holes by one or more lines of stitches, as at m, onerow of stitches being also made along the said cord and about the saidbutton-holes.

The cord or stay-piece laid within theturnedover edge adds greatly tothe durability of the button-hole'piece, and effectually prevents thebutton-holes from being torn out through the edge of the button-holepiece by any strain turned-over edge (see Fig. 4) a piping is renderedunnecessary and a very complete finish is obtained. I

I am aware that a cord has been laid between the button-piece and thelining, but not within the overturned edge of the button-piece.

I am aware, also, that a cord has been laid about the button-hole slits,and has also been extended between the outer ends of the said slits andthe row of stitching uniting the main part of the button-piece with itslining. The snipped edge enables the corners to be readily turned andwithout forming Wrinkles.

By fastening the cord f between the vamp and its lining at the junctionof the buttonhole piece with the Vamp a very firm connec tion is made,which efectually prevents the tearing of the shoe at the junction of thevamp IOO I claiml. In a vbutton-getiter7 ubutton-piece having its outeredge turned over und provided with a oord or stayepiece, the saune beinginterposed between the folded edge ofthe button-piece and the outer endsofthe button -holes, substantial] y es shown, and for the purposedescribed.

2. A boot or shoe having a turned-over, snipped or notched and cordededge, Whereby the said edge :may be turned to forin corners WithoutWrinkles, substantially as described.

3. In a. boot or shoe7 2L top piece and a but-

